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Zoanthus pacificus Zoanthus pacificus

Zoanthus pacificus is commonly referred to as Zoanthus pacificus. Difficulty in the aquarium: 2 - Enkel. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.


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lexID:
10254 
AphiaID:
288837 
Scientific:
Zoanthus pacificus 
German:
Krustenanemone 
English:
Zoanthus Pacificus 
Category:
Kolonianemoner 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Order) > Zoanthidae (Family) > Zoanthus (Genus) > pacificus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Walsh & Bowers, 0 
Occurrence:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, Japan, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 
Size:
up to 0.39" (1 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
2 - Enkel 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2016-12-18 19:03:21 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Zoanthus pacificus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Zoanthus pacificus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Zoanthus pacificus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Zoanthus pacificus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Zoanthus pacificus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Zoanthus pacificus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

Walsh & Bowers

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Hexcorallia (Order) > Brachycnemina (Suborder) > Zoanthidae (Family) > Zoanthus (Genus) > Zoanthus pacificus (Species)

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